HMS Velox (D34) was a V-class destroyer built in 1918. She served in the last year of the First World War and was engaged in the Second Ostend Raid. During the interwar period she underwent a refit and continued serving during the Second World War as a long range convoy escort in the battle of the Atlantic. Post-war Velox was broken up in the reduction of the fleet. Sailors of the ship took part in the Royal Navy mutiny of 1919.[1]
 HMS Velox, 1944
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Velox |
| Builder | Doxford, Pallion |
| Laid down | January 1917 |
| Launched | 17 November 1917 |
| Commissioned | 1 April 1918 |
| Fate | Broken up 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,272 tons |
| Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) |
| Beam | 26.9 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement | 110 |
| Armament |
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- ^ Carew 1981, p. 112.
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